Re: [PATCH] ppc64: Fix PER_LINUX32 behaviour

[Andreas Schwab]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Paul Mackerras wrote:
>> 
>> * uname(2) doesn't respect PER_LINUX32, it returns 'ppc64' instead of 'ppc'
>
> I think this is a feature, not a bug, and I suspect you just broke
> compiling a 64-bit kernel by default on ppc64.

The uname syscall that Paul is referring to (__NR_olduname) isn't actually
used nowadays any more.  The current uname syscall (__NR_uname, which is
implemented by ppc64_newuname) already translates ppc64 to ppc depending
on the personality.

Andreas.

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